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1236 Honorable and trustworthy, both in business and in private life, he enjoys the respect and esteem of the entire community where he lives, and is widely known as a worthy and prosperous citizen. He is a communicant of the Presbyterian church, and maintains a membership in the Royal Arcanum, as well as in the United Confederate Veterans, in which he is a prominent and active comrade. He was married in 1869 to Miss Sallie W. Chewning, of Albemarle county.

George E. Waller, M. D., of Martinsville, was born in Henry county, October 17, 1838. When he attained manhood he was educated for the medical profession, and was graduated at the Virginia medical college. In March, 1862, he entered the military service with the Twenty-fourth regiment Virginia infantry, and was assigned to duty as hospital steward. In the discharge of the duties of this position, as well as those of assistant surgeon much of the time, he continued throughout the war. Though offered the rank of assistant surgeon he declined it, preferring to be in a position where he could more closely care for his younger brother, Samuel G. Waller, a member of the regiment. The latter was wounded at Gettysburg, and now rests in Hollywood cemetery. Dr. Waller was with his gallant regiment through all its service, which was in the main identical with that of the commands of Longstreet and Pickett, and was frequently under fire, his service being rendered on the field in all battles. At Fredericksburg he narrowly escaped death, a bullet cutting a track through his scalp and a cannon ball passing between his legs and wounding a surgeon behind him. He was with the regiment to the end, the command finally being disbanded by Pickett at Farmville, April 8, 1865. A year after the close of hostilities he made his home at Martinsville and entered upon the practice of medicine, in which he has achieved success. Both professionally and socially he is one of the leading men of his county. He has served as councilman and as mayor, and is now health officer and magistrate. On September 10, 1868, he was married to Sarah L. Putzel, and they have six children: William L., Mary McCauley, Jean, George, Edward P. and Crawford W.

Robert A. Walters, adjutant of Cabell-Graves camp, Confederate Veterans, Danville, Va., is one of three sons of Capt. A. G. and Eliza P. (Richardson) Walters, who formerly resided upon a farm in Caswell county, N. C., where the father had the rank of captain in the State militia, and the mother died in 1843. In 1845 the remainder of the family removed to the vicinity of Danville. The sons, W. F., R. A. and A. E., all served in the same company, and the latter gained promotion to lieutenant near the close of the war. Robert A. was born in North Carolina, January 14, 1838, and was graduated at Trinity college, of that State, in 1861. On July 11th following, he enlisted as a private in Company A, Eighteenth Virginia infantry, whose fortunes he shared during the most of the four years' struggle. He participated in the battles of First Manassas, Williamsburg and Seven Pines, and in the latter battle received a wound which disabled him until the Maryland campaign, when he rejoined his regiment at Frederick City, and fought at Boonsboro and Sharpsburg, receiving another but slight wound in the latter bloody conflict. After he had taken part in